Mr. Zhao's suggestion

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  Ye Qin stroked the smooth white jade embryo, lost in thought for a moment.

  "How much is this white jade?"

  "A whole piece of white jade embryo, priced at thirty gold leaves, no bargaining."

  "Thirty gold leaves, isn't it expensive?"

  "This is a treasure of the town's shops, so it's naturally expensive. A large piece like this, and an intact white jade, is extremely rare."

  Old Zhao's eyes sparkled with amusement as he stared at Ye Qin, his eyes even crinkling at the corners.

  Ye Qin was stared at by him, and suddenly that disgusting feeling arose in his heart again. Holding back the disgust, Ye Qin quickly calculated in his mind. Thirty gold leaves were equivalent to three thousand silver leaves, and the more than a hundred silver leaves he had in his pocket were just a small change, not enough to buy even a small corner of this white jade embryo. Just relying on picking herbs for money, he definitely couldn't afford this piece of jade.

  He dared to come to the Yu Shi store in Zhujici County to ask for prices, completely because he still had dozens of rare Lu Cao in his hands, which were not cheap, and one could be worth a lot of money. If he could find a buyer and sell the Lu Cao, he should have enough money to buy that jade stone with spiritual energy. Then use the white jade embryo to cultivate Lu Cao and get more Lu Cao.

  He didn't expect that the Spring Jade store's treasured item was indeed a fairly large spirit stone, but its price reached as high as thirty gold leaves. This price could almost exchange for all the lucao in his hands.

  Ye Qin did not immediately agree, he needed to find a buyer to sell the Lu Cao in his hand and then carefully consider whether to buy this expensive white jade embryo. "This piece of white jade embryo, I think it's pretty good. However, I'd like to discuss with Zhao Dongjia. I'm not able to come up with so much money at once, I hope Zhao old shopkeeper can delay for a few days, don't sell the jade stone, wait until I've raised enough money and then come back for this piece of jade."

  The old shopkeeper waved his hand to let the maid leave, then sat down on a wooden chair beside the tea table, took out an old pipe and lit it, taking a deep breath: "Well said, well said, as long as Young Master Ye wants to buy, I'll try my best to keep it for you. This kind of treasure is usually hard to sell even in half a year, so waiting for half a month won't hurt. However, there's something that I'm not sure if I should say." Then he started to ponder and looked at Ye Qin with a smile again.

  Ye Qin didn't take the bait of Old Zhao's words. He had long been vaguely guessing that Old Zhao seemed to have something to say to him, but hadn't opened his mouth yet. Now Old Zhao deliberately brought up the topic, wanting to prompt him to ask actively. He was somewhat disgusted by Old Zhao's cunning attitude, and pretended not to hear it, not responding to his words.

  Mr. Zhao deliberately hesitated for a moment, not seeing Ye Qin speaking up, and couldn't help but feel slightly embarrassed, clearing his throat, he continued to speak slowly: "Actually, Young Master Ye doesn't necessarily have to use money to exchange for these two pieces of jade. As long as you're willing, you can completely use medicinal materials or medicines to trade with me for the jade."

  A sharp glint flashed through Ye Qin's eyes as he suddenly stood up.

  He didn't expect that Old Zhao, the owner of the shop, would have such an idea. Secretly trading medicinal materials with outsiders was a taboo in the Medicine Hall.

  The medicinal materials collected by the disciples of the Medicine Collection Sect are not allowed to be sold privately and must be handed over to the inner chamber of the Medicine Collection Hall. The finished medicines made by the refining disciples in the inner chamber will then be handed over to the Pharmaceutical King Gang, which will uniformly price them and sell them at high prices throughout the entire Pingzhou region.

  Yaowang Gang, as the fifth largest gang in Pingzhou with medicine and pharmaceuticals as its main business, relies entirely on the exorbitant profits from medicines to expand its strength. Of course, it will severely crack down on internal acts of privately buying and selling medicinal materials and medicines.

  In the Ten Great Penal Codes of the Medicine King Gang, the crime of privately trading medicinal materials is ranked second only to betraying the gang and one's master.

  If a disciple privately trades with outsiders, once discovered, they will be punished severely. In the penalty room of the Medicine Hall, among ten people, eight or nine are skinned and tortured to death for secretly selling medicine.

  Ye Qin had been waiting in the Medicine Pavilion for four or five years, how could he not know about the strict rules of the Medicine Pavilion! Would he not know that the Medicine Pavilion punishes those disciples who make private transactions with such ruthless and chilling means?

  His first reaction was to immediately leave Chunyu's store and avoid getting involved in any way.

  Zhao, the old shopkeeper, sat leisurely in his armchair, shaking the old pipe in his hand, and sneered: "Ye Xiaoge, stop pretending. We both know each other's hearts. As an outer disciple of a medicinal sect, even if you work hard for twenty or thirty years, I'm afraid you won't be able to earn enough money to buy this white jade embryo. Apart from secretly selling medicinal materials and medicines, what other way can you make money? Now that you're here, why don't we have a good talk? This matter is known only to heaven and earth, and as long as it's not leaked into the ears of a third person, it's impossible for others to discover. What are you worried about?"

  Ye Qin stood at the door of the inner chamber with a cold expression, and still didn't step out.

  But he was already extremely annoyed in his heart.

  He was not annoyed by Mr. Zhao's suggestion to sell medicinal materials privately.

  But he had long wanted to sell the medicine privately.

  Otherwise, he was just a small apprentice of the Medicine King Valley, where would he get the money to buy such an expensive spirit stone? It's probably impossible even after working hard in the Medicine King Hall for more than ten years.

  But can this kind of private sale of medicine be mentioned to a second person?

  No, absolutely not.

  This thing can only be known by him alone forever and must not be known by a second person. Because he only believes that his own mouth is tight enough, and will never believe that others won't leak the matter out.

  His current anger is more of a self-inflicted shame and humiliation, for wanting to do something shady but being exposed in broad daylight.

  Ye Qin was rapidly calculating how to handle the situation, and for a moment, a murderous intention flashed in his mind, but he quickly dispelled the thought. This old Zhao, who had been operating a jade stone shop in Zhujia County for a long time, probably didn't have a simple background, and recklessly killing him would likely lead to even more trouble, making things bigger and out of control.

  Ye Qin couldn't help but think to himself, it seems that his experience in the jianghu is still not mature enough, an old shopkeeper of a jade stone shop was able to easily see through his intentions.

  Thinking carefully, his current approach indeed has a lot of suspicious aspects.

  Normally, a young apprentice who is only sixteen years old would have at most one or two gold leaves left over, enough to buy one or two cheap jade pendants. How could he dare to buy the treasured jade of the store worth thirty gold leaves?

  As soon as you think about it carefully, you can see that there are big problems with yourself.

  Old Zhao recognized his disciple from the pharmacy, and also saw through his intention to secretly sell medicinal materials. This is a lesson, can't be so careless in the future!

  The most important thing now is how to deal with the current situation.